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Welp, my blue tick is gone and so is almost everyone else’s that hasn’t paid for a sub. But this is still me and as long as this platform exists and it makes sense I’m still gonna report about #WhatsHappeningInThailand, especially in this crucial #ThaiElection23 season. Onwards.

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“Hm, the 300 Baht entry fee for tourists is unpopular and delayed. How about we charge our own residents 1,000 Baht for *leaving* the country. That should work, no…?” The public questionnaire (in Thai) is available here until May 17: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI

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Bangkok Post

@BangkokPostNews

Thai outbound travellers and foreign permanent residents in Thailand have been asked for their opinion on a government departure tax of 1,000 baht in an attempt to prevent locals from spending excessively abroad, with the Revenue Department announcing on… bit.ly/3pdmzGK

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And yes, once again it’s bizarrely evident that cannabis is currently more freely available than alcohol in #Thailand thanks to lacking regulation on one hand and archaic laws on the other that no one seems to know why it was introduced in the first place…

PSA: Due to advance voting for the #ThaiElection23 on this Sunday, there will be a ban on the sale of alcohol starting on Saturday at 6pm and ending on Sunday at 6pm. The same will be happen on election weekend when Thailand goes to the polls on May 14. #เลือกตั้ง66

When “asked” which Premier League team he supports, PM Prayut reveals that he used to be a fan of Manchester City - which was owned briefly by fmr Thai PM Thaksin in the wake of the 2006 coup that toppled him, before selling it to the current Emirati owners since his self-exile.

The

releases an “interview” with its PM candidate

“คุยกับลุง” เรื่องลึกแต่ไม่ลับของลุงตู่ที่คุณอาจยังไม่เคยรู้!

, talking about his personal life, what series he likes (“Descendants of the Sun” and “Crash Landing on You”) and other softball questions. #เลือกตั้ง66 #ThaiElection23

youtube.com

“คุยกับลุง” เรื่องลึกแต่ไม่ลับของลุงตู่ที่คุณอาจยังไม่เคยรู้! ดูไปต้องยิ้มไปแน่นอน ไม่เชื่อคลิกเลย! แล้วอย่าลืมแชร์ความน่ารักของลุงกันเยอะๆ นะครับ.#ลุงตู่...

The duality of the Bhumjaithai Party. #เลือกตั้ง66 #ThaiElection23 #ภูมิใจไทย

It’s very clear that

have not briefed PM

how to deal with these kind of questions on the campaign trail - or that at no point he ever wanted to entertain that idea… #ThaiElection23 #เลือกตั้ง66

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Tam Mei

@tammeix

Q: What happens if you don't get enough seats to return as PM? @prayutofficial's answer: Why do you think like that? The incumbent PM is in Surat Thani to drum up support for the @utn_official with #thaielection23 in 11 days. #เลือกตั้ง66

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Patpicha Best

@patpichatan

Thaksin’s Daughter to Return to Campaign Trail After Child Birth

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, a frontrunner for the prime minister’s job in Thailand’s general election this month, will rejoin the campaign trail just days after giving birth to her second child, she said at a briefing in the hospital where she went into labor

bloomberg.com

CNA

@ChannelNewsAsia

Thai PM candidate Paetongtarn to resume campaign after birth of child cna.asia/421zSIU

António Guterres

@antonioguterres

Stop detaining & imprisoning journalists for doing their jobs. Stop the threats & attacks. Stop the lies & disinformation. Stop targeting truth & truth-tellers. As journalists stand up for truth, the world must stand with them. #WorldPressFreedomDay

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BenarNews

@BenarNews

Tanks in knots: opposition leads pro-military parties in pre-poll surveys #Thailand2023 #thaigeneralelection

Panisa Aemocha

@PAemocha

Young Thai Protesters Hope For 'Game Changer' Election

The election is nearby.

@AFP

(

@LMARTI

and I) had been working on the story about youth and politics. We interviewed the leader of the 2020 youth protest

@PanusayaS

and the voices of those who want a better future for themselves and the country.

barrons.com

Three years ago, Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul was on the front lines of Thailand's democracy movement as thousands of young protesters clashed with police firing teargas and rubber bullets on the...

reiterates that her father

@ThaksinLive

’s desire to return to #Thailand from self-exile has nothing to do with the

@PheuThaiParty

(which he originally founded) - but she understands it from “a human POV” wanting to return and see his grandchildren.

Answering Qs from the press,

tells that it was a natural birth and the baby’s nickname Thasin is a mix of different family members, incl her father

@ThaksinLive

. She also says that it won’t hinder her political work in the long run. “My children are my secret power.”

HAPPENING NOW: Opposition

@PheuThaiParty

candidate

holds a press briefing two days after giving birth to a healthy baby boy. #ThaiElection23 #เลือกตั้ง66

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FCCThai

@FCCThai

Our statement to mark World Press Freedom Day 2023 fccthai.com/club_news/49 #WorldPressFreedomDay #DefendPressFreedom

So much for a self-declared “free speech absolutist”… #WorldPressFreedomDay

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Al Jazeera English

@AJEnglish

Twitter complied at least partially with almost every government request to take down content after Elon Musk - a self-described free speech absolutist - took over the platform, according to Twitter’s self-reported data

aje.io/i38g30

Ryn J.

@Ryn_writes

The Bureau of the Royal Household (BRH) issued a statement that His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua and Her Majesty Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana will attend King Charles III’s coronation in London later this week.

Thai PBS คุณค่าที่ยึดโยงกับประชาชน

With one and a half weeks to go until the #ThaiElection23, today’s weekly (caretaker) cabinet meeting is a quiet one with 14 out of 35 cabinet members taking a leave of absence, mostly because of campaigning commitments. #เลือกตั้ง66

thaipbs.or.th

Thai PBS - สถานีโทรทัศน์ไทยพีบีเอส สื่อสาธารณะ พื้นที่แห่งการเรียนรู้, ข่าวสาร สาระและสถานการณ์สำคัญทั่วโลก

Bangkok Post

@BangkokPostNews

#BangkokPost: More than half of executives surveyed in Thailand admitted their organisations have overstated or inaccurately represented the impact of their sustainability initiatives, which could potentially stall progress on sustainability, according to a recent report.… Show more

Tan Hui Yee

@Tan_Hui_Yee

#Thailand's self-exiled former PM Thaksin Shinawatra talks about seeking "permission" to return home to look after his grandkids after the birth of his grandson today. The baby was born to Paetongtarn, Thaksin's daughter and a leading PM candidate in May 14 election #เลือกตั้ง66

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Thaksin Shinawatra

@ThaksinLive

เช้าวันนี้ ผมดีใจมากที่ได้หลานคนที่ 7 เป็นชาย ชื่อ ธาษิณ จากน้องอิ๊งค์ แพทองธาร หลานทั้ง 7 คน คลอดในขณะที่ผมต้องอยู่ต่างประเทศ ผมคงต้องขออนุญาตกลับไปเลี้ยงหลาน เพราะผมอายุจะ 74 ปี กรกฎานี้แล้ว พบกันเร็ว ๆ นี้ ครับ ขออนุญาตนะครับ

spokesperson confirms the English spelling of

new-born son’s name as Prutthasin Sooksawas. #เลือกตั้ง66 #อุ๊งอิ๊ง #ThaiElection23

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On her Instagram account, @ingshin posted the name of her new son: พฤจ์ธาษิน (I’m not going to attempt to transcribe that before inevitably screwing that up). His nickname is “Thasin” (ธาษิน). #เลือกตั้ง66 #อุ๊งอิ๊ง #ThaiElection23

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On her Instagram account,

posted the name of her new son: พฤจ์ธาษิน (I’m not going to attempt to transcribe that before inevitably screwing that up). His nickname is “Thasin” (ธาษิน). #เลือกตั้ง66 #อุ๊งอิ๊ง #ThaiElection23

Paethongtarn

Shinawatra, one of the PM candidates of the opposition

@PheuThaiParty

, has given birth to a healthy boy this morning - two weeks before the #ThaiElection23. The news was broken by a party executive on Facebook. #เลือกตั้ง66 #อุ๊งอิ๊ง

It seems that even after months of intense campaigning, there still appears to be some confusion that PM

is NOT running for the ruling

@PPRPofficial

, but for the new

@utn_official

. I wonder if this will cannibalize each other’s votes? #ThaiElection23 #เลือกตั้ง66

During a

#ThaiElection23 campaign rally in Nakhon Si Thammarat, fmr Energy Min

@SonSontirat

was extolling the virtues of party leader Prawit as the next PM - only then to end with “vote PPRP, vote

as PM!” #เลือกตั้ง66

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Thai PBS News

@ThaiPBSNews

Apr 30

หาเสียงโค้งสุดท้ายยังเร่งลงพื้นที่ "บิ๊กป้อม" ยกทัพลุยนครศรีธรรมราช "สนธิรัตน์" ผิดคิวชวนเลือกพรรคพลังประชารัฐ เลือกพล.อ.ประยุทธ์ เป็นนายกรัฐมนตรี #เลือกตั้ง66 #เลือกอนาคตประเทศไทย #ข่าวไทยพีบีเอส #ข่าวที่คุณวางใจ #ThaiPBSnews

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Advance in-person voting for the #ThaiElection23 has begun in some countries for Thai nationals living abroad. Mail-in ballots is another option in some countries, in some others the only option. In #Thailand itself, advance voting is next Sunday (May 7). #เลือกตั้ง66

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Tanee Sangrat

@SangratTanee

Apr 29

Overseas/advanced voting April 28-30 at our Embassy on Wisconsin Ave., an opportunity to connect w/ the Thai community/staff. Almost 4K voters registered to vote via Embassy, most by mail+about 400 in person. #การทูตเพื่อประชาชนทุกแห่งหนเราดูแล #190ThaiUS #CommunicateXConnect

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June Watsamon T.

@junewatsamon

Apr 29

Some still outtakes from Move Forward Party’s Bangkok rally last weekend in front of Samyan Mitrtown. Pita

@Pita_MFP

was joined on stage by

@Thanathorn_FWP

and many more. 📸 More photo on IG:

@junewatsamon

On assignment with

. #moveforwardparty #ก้าวไกล #เลือกตั้ง66

This is another huge blow for dedicated, enterprising English-language journalism in Southeast Asia (and Asia-Pacific in general).

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Alastair McCready

@AlMcCready1

Our APAC team has been decimated amid widespread layoffs today at VICE World News. A sad day for us all, but that means some of these fantastic reporters & editors in Hong Kong, Thailand, Pakistan, India, Singapore, the Philippines, Australia & Japan are available. Hire them!

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Alastair McCready

@AlMcCready1

They are a wonderful and talented bunch

Alastair McCready

@AlMcCready1

Alan Wong and 9 others

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A Royal Thai Air Force plane with 78 Thai nationals evacuated from Sudan arrived at Don Muang Airport last night from Jeddha, Saudi Arabia. They have been welcomed by PM

more Thais are expected to return tomorrow. (📷: Thai Government House)

Radio Free Asia

@RadioFreeAsia

The unseen final footage of a slain Japanese journalist killed in Myanmar is unveiled after 15 years. Kenji Nagai was killed while covering anti-government protests in 2007.

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Tan Hui Yee

@Tan_Hui_Yee

#Thailand's ruling Palang Pracharath party is pitching itself as a party that will end political polarisation. Hard to see how that can be achieved, with its deputy leader Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn so dismissive about youth protests and discussion about royal budget #เลอกตั้ง2566

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@MorningNewsTV3

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After accusing other parties of populist cash handouts, the ruling

@PPRPofficial

is doing…this. #ThaiElection23 #เลือกตั้ง66

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The Nation Thailand

@Thenationth

The ruling Palang Pracharath Party, which has sunk to the bottom of political polls, on Wednesday announced a startling new campaign pledge: If it remains in power, it will transfer 30,000 baht into the bank accounts of 8 million farmers nationwide. nationthailand.com/thailand/polit

Pichayada P.

@PichayadaCNA

Thailand's general election is just around the corner. Here's a look at key candidates vying to be the country’s next PM 🗳️ cna.asia/3AwtDRo

Today in “weird stuff sold on Bangkok Facebook groups”... The cookie tins don’t even have sewing kits in there!

Better stock up people, dry weekends ahead thanks to the #ThaiElection23 and the advance voting before that.

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Coconuts Bangkok

@CoconutsBangkok

No booze for you: Two dry Saturdays for Thai elections to leave patrons high and dry coconuts.co/bangkok/news/n

Prachatai English

@prachatai_en